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It’s Trevor James
And I am in Chengdu, China
Right near my home here at the subway
I am waiting for my new guests from Couchsurfing
They are staying over for the weekend
And we are going to have a full on Sichuan street food experience
I’m going to take them everywhere
And we’re going to get full
And eat a lot of Sichuan food
Katherine, nice to meet you
David, nice to meet you
I’m planning to take you guys for a full on Sichuan food experience
And we are going to eat a lot of food
Just make yourself at home
Thank you
Check it out
That’s the room for you
And there is a bit of a view
You can see the mountains
So make yourself at home
This is the wifi
Durian for life
Password:Musang King
Here is the map of Sichuan
So where is Chengdu
Chengdu is right here
And then we are going to go to Leshan tomorrow
It’s going to be fun
And then you have the mountains that hug the city
Yeah over here this is all mountainous region
Here is Kangding
You can go further west
This road the 318 goes all the way to tibet
Starting out with the first meal
We went to go have a dinner that you can only find in the countryside
A dish that’s banned in the city because of the open fire
The famous firewood chicken
They are going to kill a chicken for us here
This is one of the best and most unique Sichuan dishes you can find
A whole chopped chicken including organs and blood is boiled in an oil
Loaded with dried and fresh chilies, fermented broadbean paste, chili paste
Raw Sichuan tengjiao peppercorns, potatoes, and green beans
Then, wheat and corn batter is put onto the side of the wok
And it’s so good
Look at that
That looks insane
Oh yeah
The Sichuan peppercorn
It tastes fresh
It doesn’t taste too overwhelming
Exactly
I structured our Saturday and Sunday around two food meccas in Sichuan
Both Chengdu and Leshan
We started out day 1 by having a classic bowl of noodles in Chengdu
This is just the beginning of an intense feeding marathon
Get ready for a full packed video of delicious food rated by the guests
They give you so much chili oil in the bottom there
Every bowl is slightly different
This one is so packed with chili oil
That’s really good
Is that good?
That’s incredible
It’s good?
Yeah
The noodles are so tender
And that chili oil is just packed with flavor
I really think it’s about the pork
The fried pork it packs a lot of flavor in there
Next we went into town to visit the busiest morning market in Chengdu
This place has everything you could dream of
And visiting is a must if you want a true Sichuan experience
To try some roast duck
And get lost in the busy alleyways
And you can stew these and they are very tender
His tongue, heart and intestines
The whole pig
The whole thing right here
The market changes every season
You can find lots of different foods here
Lots of different produce
Lots of different vegetables
And right here
This is a good roast duck
Let’s get in there
Take a tender fatty one
That looks so good
Oh yeah
So much fat, it’s so good
Is that good
It’s really crispy skin
Oh that is insane
That is the best duck I’ve ever had
I’m not even kidding
Best you’ve ever had
You hear that?
Best she’s ever had right here
You want another piece?
I would love one
It’s just meant to be
So if you’re cooking up a big meal
They have every thing you need here
Absolutely fresh
Do you guys want to try a Sichuan peppercorn
Hello
How are you today?
How are you?
so take one
And just one
And then put it in your teeth and bite it
Then put it on your tongue for like half a second
And then you’ll feel it
My tongue is numb now
Mines building
Oh there is it
It’s weird it’s not spicy at all
It’s like a numbing
It’s like you’re at the dentist
It’s like putting novocaine in your tongue
That’s really weird
That’s a weird sensation
And after a quick workout in the park
We made our way to my go-to red oil wonton joint
These are just pure magic
So the goal is to eat all of the real specialties
All of my favorite spots
And we’re going to get one dish
The hongyouchaoshou
Best hongyou chaoshou in chengdu
And they are just magic
So this is chunyang guan
Best hongyouchaoshou in Chengdu
Without a doubt right here
This is ding ding candy
He said this is made with maize and sticky rice
And this one is made with walnuts and sesame
It’s dripping
It’s dripping right?
What I love about these
Is how simple yet delicious the chili oil is
Cheers
Cheers!
That’s really good!
Are those good?
The chili oil definitely makes it
It’s all about the chili oil
It’s a little sweet right?
Yeah!
You’ve got the numbing
Yeah it’s a little numbing right
Look at that dripping chili oil
Oh it’s just magical
Next we needed an hour to digest all that food
So we went to a classic tea spot on the street
And I ended up getting an ear cleaning
There’s a first time for everything right
And then we went to the best tianshuimian right across from wenshu temple
These are super unique
And can only be found at this spot
This is the biggest Buddhist monastery in the city
Oh that’s the beauty right there
OK here we go
Look at these!
There’s like nowhere to sit so let’s go eat them outside OK
Theres like this almost plum like sauce
There’s like rock sugar on there
There’s chili paste
And chili oil
It’s just magical
Mix it up
My favorite thing is how the noodles have these really unique texture
They are uneven and square
And just soak up all that sauce
There’s Sichuan peppercorn in there too so it’s really just a flavor bomb
I like the sauce
Fantastic
Oh its sweet right
Sweet and spicy
This one is quite prickly
Yeah yeah
We followed up the noodles with a two minute walk to try the famous jelly noodle sandwich
Served from the friendliest owner in town
Yantaipo guokui is always worth a stop
Look at all that
It’s like romantic
Look at them mix the noodles
Oh!
Those are like pure jelly noodles
That’s your guys!
Thank you!
Look at this!
Look at that jelly!
Squeeze it!
You can see the total soft springy texture of that
That’s really good!
Oh my!
Those noodles are just slightly sour
There is vinegar in there right
So squishy and soft
And the pita bread is hot and crispy
And after a quick walk through another of chengdu’s lively markets
We made our way to Chengdu’s most famous fly restaurant to try the pig brain and rabbit pot
Just look at these dishes
The famous ming ting dough naohua pig brain tofu
A pot of spicy rabbit
And a tengjiao yu fresh Sichuan peppercorn with local river fish
Let’s go right in
Make sure you get some brain
You mean some chicken?
Some chicken
Look at that
That’s the pig brain, that’s good
It’s in a thick spicy gravy
Look at that
You first
Alright ready?
It’s not bad
It’s just a weird consistency
You hate it right?
I do not like that
I’ll be honest
I don’t like the consistency
The flavor is not that bad
Mostly cause the flavor is like seasame oil with Sichuan peppercorn
But the texture is weird
It gets pasty in your mouth
It’s like gooey and pasty right
After feasting on delicious fly restaurant food
We took a night train to the famous food Mecca of Leshan
And woke up early the next morning for a full day of feasting
Starting out with a street breakfast
Followed by visiting the world’s largest standing stone Buddha
Smells incredible
Cilantro on there
Pickled radish
MSG
And chilies and then Sichuan peppercorn powder
Look at this
Oh yeah
Pickled radish, cilantro, it’s filled with chilies and that rice flour
So it’s super soft
Cheers
That’s really good
That radish is great
It’s super soft
And just a total filler
Oh yeah
Then we made our way to the largest standing stone buddha in the world
This is what most people come to Leshan for
So we visited it during our non-eating hours
We were hungry for our next street food since we hiked up the stairs to see the buddha
So I brought them to try the famous stuffed gooey brown sugar flatbread
It’s browned and then baked in a coal oven
And then served magma hot
You’ll fall in love
Cheers!
Careful it’s hot!
Look at this
It’s like molten
It’s just bursting with that gooey brown sugar
Isn’t that good
It’s really soft right?
It’s so soft
Decadent
Yeah, decadent
Oh yeah
Look at that deep layer of molten brown sugar
It’s insanely sweet
Next up is the boboji chicken skewers in the most flavor packed spicy and numbing broth you’ve ever had
It’s super busy, just look at this
We’ve got to find a place to sit
This is it!
This is it right here guys
So you can see there’s just all sorts of chicken parts
This is the part from the chicken feet
These are the chicken organs
Potatoes,There’s lotus root,There’s cauliflower
And it’s all just soaked in that
And what you do
Is just take the skewers
And place them down and then you pay for the skewers you eat
You’re not paying for this whole bowl, you’re just paying for what you eat
Yeah
And this one is the one that will just
Numb your mouth off!
Is that good?
That’s really good
Do you like the flavor
It’s so tasty, yeah!
I love how it has a thick sesame flavor in there!
But not too overwhelmingly spicy
Yeah
It’s so good
This was a full day of eating
Next we went to have the famous shaomai steamed pork dumplings on the street side
This is the apex of dumplings right here
Shaomai in Leshan
Doesn’t that look insane
They look like little flowers
It’s really simple
You just take these shaomai stuffed with pork and green onions
And dip it right into your homemade chili oil here
Cheers
Here we go
Oh yeah
That is hot right!
They are so good!
So good right?
The texture is different from other dumplings
It’s totally different
And they are just stuffed plump
Look at those beauties
Pillowy at the top
The chili oil is excellent
Look at the bottom there
You’ve got to dip it right in the chili oil
And that is where the flavor comes from
That will escalate you into the next realm of dumplings
And for our pre-dinner meal
We went for some famous Leshan blade sheared noodles with bamboo shoots
These are super spicy and are my personal favorite
If you see
Look at these noodles
These are all blade sheared
There’s a lot of cilantro
And this is all bamboo here
So that bamboo flavor is infused into this
Spicy spicy chili oil broth
The noodles
Well, you guys tell me what you think here
Alright!
Look at those!
It’s like thin in some parts and then thick in others
It’s really good
And it’s quite chewy
And you can definitely tell
That there is a lot of seasonings and spices in there
I taste a little bit of cinnamon
A little cinnamon
Maybe some fennel or something
But it’s definitely full of spices
And after slurping that final bowl
We made our way back on the train to Chengdu for our final meal
The most famous meal from Sichuan
Hot pot
The more people the better
So I invited a couple other friends for 6 of us in total
And we feasted on sliced meats, organs, and veg
All boiled in an insanely spicy broth
A favorite in Sichuan
Alright let’s try
Oh yeah look at this
Look at that pork
It’s covered in that spicy oil
And then you’ve got to dip it right into that oily cilantro
Yeah that’s good
That pork is so tender and juicy
I didn’t even see we put pork in there
And that spice
Right now the spice is mild
But once this boils for another half hour
It’s gonna be painful
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Hope you guys had a good food tour
Had some good food
We really enjoyed it
Thanks so much for taking us around in chengdu
My pleasure
Yeah, we really enjoyed our food tour
I hope you had the best food
I hope it wasn’t too spicy
Not too spicy
Awesome, thanks guys
Thanks for watching!